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ATLANTA – The Atlanta Police Department has released hours of body camera footage that shows interactions between them, Emory University police and anti-war protesters when chaos erupted on campus in late April.

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On April 25, Emory University officials said 28 people were arrested, including 20 members of the Emory community. FOX 5 Atlanta’s cameras were rolling when at least one person arrested was tasted by Georgia State Patrol troopers.

Read the statement released by GSP about the incident here.

One of those tapes, released under an open records request, appeared to show a woman using a megaphone being detained by several Atlanta police officers. At different times, the officers appeared to kneel on parts of his body to attach restraints around his wrists.

Another video shows a protester tearing police tape before officers move in to arrest her.

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Atlanta police released body camera footage that shows what led what appears to be a police officer to knee a protester on the Emory University campus on April 25, 2024. (Police Department from Atlanta)

“APD is currently reviewing our body camera footage to determine whether our officers committed any policy violations,” a department spokesperson said. “The Emory Police Department is the lead agency for campus-related matters and is handling this incident.”

FOX 5 is actively reviewing the footage. The tapes can be viewed publicly here.

Pro-Palestinian protesters forcibly removed from Emory University campus, 28 arrested

Emory University officials say 28 people were arrested, including 20 members of the Emory community, during a clash between pro-Palestinian protesters and those against the Atlanta training center and security forces. order Thursday morning.

The day began with dozens of people with tents, megaphones and other displays on the University of Decatur campus, joining other major universities across the country in calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

According to an article published on Mondoweiss.net, the protest was in support of the Palestinian people and against the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center.

The article claimed that the protesters were a group of students from “several Atlanta universities and community members” who organized against “Cop City”, as the training center is known, and against the genocide of Palestinians. in the “hands of American imperialism. »

The protesters say they are “demanding total institutional divestment from Israeli apartheid and Cop City at all Atlanta colleges and universities.”

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FOX 5 Digital Content Creator Joyce Lupiani and FOX 5 reporter Eric Perry contributed to this report.

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